John J. Dooner ~ Immediate Past Chair and Chairman, Brand Stewardship

Chairman

John J. Dooner, Jr. is Chairman Emeritus of McCann Worldgroup since 2011 and of McCann Worldgroup since 1997, except for three years at McCann parent, The Interpublic Group, where he held the titles of President and later Chairman and CEO. He rejoined McCann in 2003.

John first joined McCann Erickson in 1984 as a Worldwide Account Director and was promoted to General Manager of McCann New York the following year. After a stint as President of McCann North America, he was named Worldwide President and Chief Operating Officer in 1992 and subsequently Chairman and CEO in 1995.  Two years later he created and launched McCann Worldgroup, today one of the world's leading marketing communications companies.

Today, six of the seven Worldgroup companies are global leaders both in size and perception in their respective fields, a remarkable achievement given that five of the companies did not exist before 1997. In addition to McCann Erickson Worldwide, Worldgroup is comprised of such leading brands as MRM Worldwide (digital marketing/relationship management); Momentum Worldwide (event marketing/promotion); McCann Healthcare Worldwide (professional/dtc communications); Universal McCann (media management); Weber Shandwick (public relations) and FutureBrand (consulting/design).

An industry leader, John is a former Vice Chairman of the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4A’s) and Chairman of The Ad Council, and past member of the Board of Advertising Education Foundation (AEF). He is on the Boards of the Sound Shore Medical Center and St. Thomas University, from which he graduated with a B.A. Additionally he is a Charter member of the President's Advisory Council of CARE and a member of the Ireland Council of the University of Notre Dame.